Lost Narrative Poetry

Only by seeing the specific attributes of this sword with your own eyes can you understand how powerful it is, and guess how terrifying its power must have been in its original heyday.

It is said that sometime in the early Second Age, a high elf researcher discovered the Ebony Blade while searching for artifacts in Tamriel. He believed it to be an ancient Akavian warblade. Take it away to study.

Mephala's whispers then corrupted his mind, and he eventually captured the souls of his students and colleagues, throwing them into the hands of the demons to suffer eternal torment. To ensure the most horrific suffering for his wife, he tore her soul into pieces.

It took hundreds of years for a group of fearless people to sweep the terrible tomb, clean out the demons and undead that were entrenched in it, release the tortured souls, and restore the wife's soul to its original state.

Then something else happened, the wife's soul obtained the Ebony Blade and established contact with the Whispering Demon.

Mephala tried to corrupt her mind again and bewitch her soul, but she firmly refused, and at the cost of her own soul, she cursed this terrible magic knife so that it could not stay with anyone for a long time. , in the hope of saving the souls of those who might be bewitched by this knife.

After that, many terrible things happened in succession——

For example, in the series of events that led to the turmoil in the West in the first generation plot, there was a whisper of the Ebony Blade hidden behind the history...

For another example, during the Third Age, the warriors of Cyrodiil called Mephala and instigated two major families in a certain place to kill each other. In the end, only one survived. In the end, the warrior received the Ebony Blade as a reward...

For another example, at some point in the current Fourth Era, the Ebony Blade fell into the hands of the lord of Snowrun City. The lord threw the magic blade into the Sky Forge in an attempt to destroy it. However, no matter how fierce the flame was, it could not melt it. On the contrary, it extinguished the flame of the furnace.

According to the original fate, this magic blade later fell into the hands of the Dragonborn, but after being isolated for such a long time, this weapon had lost too much power. So Mephala taught the dragonborn to nourish the magic blade with the "blood of deceit" from murdering loved ones.

It is precisely because he has so much information that Xia Ran is extremely afraid of this knife. No matter how Mephala shows his sincerity, he shows that he does not intend to corrupt his soul through this knife——

After all, only a normal, living lost person has value. If something goes wrong and he is accidentally killed or loses his identity as a lost person, he will not be able to escape from this mission world and return to the white space in the end...

So what is Mephala used for? Although He has a bad taste, he is still able to restrain his bad taste when it comes to the key issue of life and death of his own existence.

It’s not just him, it’s probably the case with all the other gods. Faced with the possibility of transcending the gods’ dreams and truly controlling their own destiny, their tolerance is unimaginably high...

It's just that the truth is this. It is definitely impossible for Xia Ran to say that he is not worried at all.

Glancing at the sparkling ruby ​​ring on her hand, Xia Ran took a deep breath, then closed her eyes, letting herself no longer have that confrontational mentality and instead concentrate. To listen and sense this magic knife.

Of course, not being confrontational psychologically does not mean that he is not vigilant mentally. If he senses something is wrong, he will definitely throw this thing into the inventory as soon as possible to cut off contact.

The whispers of the Ebony Blade sounded in his consciousness, constantly instilling evil knowledge into him. At the same time, there was a strange force trying to corrode his mind, but the power of Naya, the Ring of Fire, to resist domination was very strong and easily exempt from this negative impact.

Xia Ran listened patiently and carefully. After all, it was useless to be impatient. This knife was not a radio after all, and there was no button for him to adjust the frequency.

After a long while, he seemed to notice something and raised his head to look in a certain direction.

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Half an hour passed.

Xia Ran found a bottomless crack in the mountain stream. He didn't know how deep it was and where it led. Without professional technical equipment and team support, it would be impossible for ordinary people to even think about going down to explore. after all.

If one of them fails, his life will be lost inside——

In the ordinary world, it is a suspenseful adventure plot where you get killed while exploring and cannot find a way to come back alive; in this magical world, it is very likely to be a thrilling and terrifying plot where you encounter alien creatures in the underground world and are eventually eaten.

However, Xia Ran didn't feel anything. His current attributes and skills, coupled with his equipment, were already too professional to be more professional.

So I didn't think much about it at all. Instead, I blessed myself with a spell and jumped directly. My body didn't fall straight down, and then I fell all over the ground deep in the ground.

It's like a leaf or a feather falling from the sky...

As a magician, Xia Ran doesn't know how to teleport or even fly yet, but he has to master the levitation technique to avoid being killed by the terrain, which would be funny.

The body fell at a not too fast speed, passed through the cracks, and landed gently in the dark depths of the ground. He stretched out his index finger and touched it in the air, and a group of light sources appeared at the fingertips, illuminating and dispersing the surrounding atmosphere. dark.

At the bottom of the crack, there was not much snow, but the sound of running water could be heard in the ears. A trickling stream seemed to be flowing not far away... After using the light to identify it carefully, Xia Ran picked up the The magic knife listened carefully to the induction for a moment, and then walked in the direction where the sound of running water came from.

There is indeed a larger space deep in this crack. If you follow the flowing water, you can enter the interior of the mountain or the underground. It is a darker and more profound underground space. I don't know what kind of secrets are buried. Danger.

Mephala's ruined altar may be at the deepest level. It was once a shrine dedicated to another of his demonic artifacts. Although it is not known why the ruins sank deep into the ground, that is the fact.

Just like the plots in many fairy novels, the genius treasure will always emit energy to attract some ferocious beasts to guard around it. It is hard to imagine what the power of a magic artifact will attract, perhaps some monster in the deepest underground. All.

Xia Ran explored the deeper cracks along the stream, and found that it was as if she had entered a foreign planet. The passage in front of her became wider and wider. It no longer seemed narrow. It was just a crack. The steep mountain walls on both sides were covered with overgrown trees. plant.

It was a strange plant that I had never seen before, similar to some kind of fungus, but it was emitting fluorescence. There are also some single leaves with spiral shapes, which look more like living animals. When Xia Ran walks by, they will shrink back immediately, like mimosa.

The further you go, the more it looks like a colorful alien ecosystem, and many plants are emitting fluorescence, so you don't even need lighting spells.

And he also noticed traces of some animals, which were sneaking around and watching him in the darkness in the distance, with a little curiosity and more malice...

While strengthening his mental shield, he whispered something and uttered a few mysterious syllables with an inexplicable charm:

“Laas-Yah-Nir——!!”

"Aura Whisper" is a very special dragon roar. It does not require the user to make a loud roar, but just whisper softly. All it takes is a whisper to reveal all the vitality.

Because "sound" will arouse the surrounding spiritual energy, causing it to radiate in all directions, passing through all obstacles and entities, just like ripples on the water's surface. And no matter what you encounter on the way, it will be fed back like an echo.

Just like the extraordinary echolocation method possessed by bats, after emitting ultrasonic waves, based on the emission after hitting various objects, the bat can determine the position and distance of surrounding objects... That's about it. This dragon roar can also pass through the breath Feedback determines the surrounding environment.

In the game, it seems that it is used to see enemies in unexplored maps through walls. The function is limited and useless. However, after actually using it once, Xia Ran found that this ability is very useful——

Just whisper a word, and the surrounding spiritual energy will radiate and spread out in an instant, and then you can receive the feedback information. With high enough intelligence attributes, you can comprehensively process and filter this information in an instant, and construct it in your mind. A three-dimensional map within several kilometers of the surrounding area.

It was as if it was projected in his mind, and it was very detailed, including the intricate terrain passages, the growth environment of animals and plants, almost all the details were present, and it did not just simply reveal the existence of the surrounding vitality.

It can be said to be very easy to use. The only drawback is that this is not a real-time dynamic map projection. Every time Xia Ran uses "Aura Whisper", he will get map information about a certain area around him.

But that was fixed. Maybe when he used his ability, he detected that there was no danger at the edge a few kilometers away from the end of the passage ahead, but it was very possible that after the ability ended, there would be some terrible creature. Walked in...

——This is information he doesn’t know.

If you want to refresh the map, you have to use this dragon roar once, which will consume a lot of money.

Xia Ran quickly used his new ability to clarify the surrounding terrain, grasped his current situation, and also knew how many things were staring at him in the darkness in the distance.

But it didn't matter, his intuition didn't give any warning, and the aura of those things wasn't enough for him to pay attention to.

If he hadn't considered that he was in a mountain, under the ground, the surrounding space and environment were limited, and he was also worried that a mountain collapse would directly crush him to death, he would have already set off a storm with flames and burned him directly. past.

However, right now, he can no longer use such rough methods, he thought as he pressed his right hand on the handle of the magic knife at his waist.

Then, Xia Ran seemed to think of something again, and was slightly startled. Then he lowered his head and looked at his hand that was naturally holding the handle of the knife, and frowned - why was his movement so natural? Aren’t you a magician yourself?

Well, it must be the power of this magic sword itself. It can directly strengthen your skills in mastering long-edged weapons. As long as you carry it with you, you will naturally become a true master of swordsmanship.

Naturally, he has more experience and skills in using swords in his mind, and has mastered countless superb sword skills...

This change is very natural. It is not a rigid way to strengthen his skills. It also incorporates the accumulated experience of past holders of this magic knife, making him look like a person who has been immersed in this way for countless years. people.

Yes, that's what it looks like.

Xia Ran immediately found the reason and felt a lot more at ease. After all, he was still a pure-blooded magician specializing in magic technology...

In the next moment, the sword flashed, and the ebony blade was already unsheathed. The magician made a direct side attack, and seemed to meet a black shadow that was roaring towards him unexpectedly!

Just like Iai's sword-drawing technique, he uses the arc of the sword to create an instant terrifying explosive force. His body and hand are as fast as lightning, and he unexpectedly swings out an unparalleled slash!

Regardless of what the swift creature was that rushed out of the darkness and suddenly attacked, it simply hit the blade's slashing line head-on!

One blow is a sure kill!